EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Riverside, CA

Founding Date:
1954

Motto:
Fiat Lux

Team:
Highlanders

Enrollment:
15,600

Official Website:
http://www.ucr.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Bidart	Poet	1939		The Book of the Body
Christopher Boyce	Spy	16-Feb-1953		The Falcon
Patricia A. Hammick	Business	c. 1947		Former VP at Columbia Energy Group
Matthew Haughey	Blogger	10-Oct-1972		MetaFilter, PVRblog
John W. Henry	Business	13-Sep-1949		Majority Owner, Boston Red Sox
James Holmes	Criminal	13-Dec-1987		2012 Aurora theater shooting
Randall Hyde	Computer Programmer	c. 1960		Art of Assembly Language
Jerry L. Martin	Educator	?		American Council of Trustees & Alumni
Ronald E. Neumann	Diplomat	30-Sep-1944		US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2005-07
Gary North	Religion	1942		Reconstructionist Y2K Doomsayer
Richard R. Schrock	Chemist	4-Jan-1945		Metathesis
Eric Show	Baseball	19-May-1956	16-Mar-1994	MLB pitcher
Lauren Tewes	Actor	26-Oct-1954		Julie McCoy on The Love Boat
Philip Michael Thomas	Actor	26-May-1949		Det. Ricardo Tubbs on Miami Vice
Charlyne Yi	Comic	4-Jan-1986		Dr. Park on House

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Warren I. Cohen	Historian	20-Jun-1934		America's Response to China
Harold Gould	Actor	10-Dec-1923	11-Sep-2010	Martin Morganstern on Rhoda
Randall Hyde	Computer Programmer	c. 1960		Art of Assembly Language
Toby Miller	Sociologist	9-Aug-1958		Cultural Citizenship
Robert A. Nisbet	Sociologist	30-Sep-1913	9-Sep-1996	The Sociological Tradition

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
France A. Córdova	Educator	5-Aug-1947		President, Purdue University
Robert A. Nisbet	Sociologist	30-Sep-1913	9-Sep-1996	The Sociological Tradition

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